& Brownside Parish Council

Parish Room, 3 Lower Lane, Chinley, High Peak, SK23 6BE E - mail: clerk@ chinleybuxworthbrownside -pc.gov.uk Parish Clerk: Mrs B Wise Website: www.chinleybuxworthbrownside-pc.gov.uk Tel: 01663 750139 AUTUMN 2016

Buxworth Allotments Project Chinley & Buxworth Community Centre

A productive meeting was held at Buxworth Memorial Club on Monday 12th September 2016 between those on the waiting list available to attend (5 in number), two Chinley Allotment Association representatives, three Parish

Councillors and the Parish Clerk. A Buxworth Allotment Association, based on the successful format of the Chinley See Community Vision on page 4 for update. one, is now being set up to manage and administer the site. Land for Sale

The Parish Council are considering the disposal of a Fliers have been delivered to Buxworth former allotment adjacent to the tramway in Buxworth. residents inviting those interested in an The land amounts to ...... square metres and allotment to register by contacting the clerk anyone interested in possibly buying this land should via the website, e-mail, letter or telephone email the Parish Clerk for further information. providing your name, address, telephone st number and e-mail address before the 31

October 2016.

Buxworth Playground Christmas Lights Switch On 2016

The Parish Council would like the views of Buxworth residents about proposals to refurbish the Children’s Tree lighting events to be held on

Playground at Buxworth. Friday 2nd December at 6.30pm at Buxworth School and

Monday 5th December at 7pm

at Squirrel Green, Chinley

Parish Council Meeting February in Buxworth

The Parish Council is aiming to hold its monthly meeting on Thursday 23rd February 2017 in Buxworth, when as much of the meeting as possible will focus on issues relating to Buxworth. The venue has yet to be confirmed but will be *************************** included on the agenda which will be issued the week Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chinley & Dove Holes before the meeting, so remember to watch for this Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) appearing on the notice board and website. Anyone with policing issues can contact PCSO Karen Green at Chapel Police Station, tel. 0345 123 3333 Website or email Karen.green.4566@.pnn.police.uk Besides Council services information, the Parish Council website continues to be updated with as much useful and The Parish Council is actively involved interesting information as possible. Remember to visit it. with the SNT and also welcomes receipt of any concerns or issues you may have. www.chinleybuxworthbrownside-pc.gov.uk

You should be able to find this and other newsletters. ***************************

Parish Council Contact Information-

Council welcomes issues brought to Open Forum at the Council meeting, normally held in the Parish Room, 3 Lower Lane, Chinley at 7.30pm on the 4th Thursday of each month, except August & December. Or contact via the website, by letter, e-mail or telephone, as above. Should you wish to see the Parish Clerk, please telephone or e-mail for an appointment. Alternatively you may wish to speak to a Councillor. Currently these are:

Cllr M Walton (Chairman) Cllr G Hewitt (Vice-Chair) Cllr Mrs A Bramah Cllr RO Drabble Cllr A Knox Cllr Mrs J Pettitt Cllr Mrs A C Rofer Cllr WA Smith Cllr M Travis Cllr P Wilson

The total number of seats on the Parish Council is 10.

Autumn/Winter 2016 issue CHINLEY, BUXWORTH & BROWNSIDE PARISH COUNCIL

GROUPS & ACTIVITIES AROUND THE PARISH. CHINLEY CHAPEL Sunday Morning Worship CHINLEY & BUXWORTH W.I. 10.30am every Sunday – Communion every 1st Sunday, Events in the WI Hall, Lower Lane, All age Worship every Coffee & Chat is still held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday in 3rd Sunday the month 10am - 12noon. Come and meet your friends or make new ones. Do you want to learn to do Evening Worship easy knitting? Come along and we'll get you started! 4.00pm every 1st Sunday Messy Church, Other Sundays 6.30pm. Friday November 18th 7.30pm: Quiz with Hotpot , Communion every 3rd Sunday 1st prize £40; 2nd prize £20. Tables of 4 maximum; Monday : 1.15pm – 3.00pm., every Monday during Raffle. (No licence so BYO) Tickets available from term time Toddlers and Carers. Parmar's Newsagents, Chinley from October 17th. Thursday: 12.30pm - every 2nd and 4th Thursday, apart from end of July & August, Thursday Gathering OVER 60’s CHRISTMAS LUNCH SATURDAY 10th DEC from 1 p.m. at the Community Centre, Chinley Coming up Traditional Christmas lunch open to anyone over 60 in Saturday 26th. Nov. 10.30am Christmas Fayre the parish. There is no charge but places are limited. Sunday 18th. Dec. 10.30am All age Nativity Service Transport is also available so book in soon! Call Sally, Sunday 25th. Dec. 10.30am Christmas Service our Event Organiser on 01663 751327

ST. MARY’S CHINLEY & ST JAMES’ BUXWORTH CHINLEY DROP IN –all welcome

We are in the process of appointing a new Vicar since Tea and friendly chat guaranteed - Weds & Fri Hilary Edgerton took up a new post in May and are 10 till 12 in the Parish Rooms, opposite the shops. expecting to interview in November. In the meantime, regular services and events still go on! CHINLEY & BUXWORTH TRANSPORT GROUP is continuing its campaign to improve access at Chinley You are welcome to join us any week -check church station. Thanks to all those who have already website for time/place, and also for special events: contacted us with their experiences of using the chinleywithbuxworthparish.btck.co.uk station, and those who completed our recent survey.

th The Group is always looking for new members - for Remembrance Sunday 13 November Services at St further details please email: Mary’s 9.45am and St James’ 10.55am th [email protected] Sunday 18 December Carols by Candlelight - St Mary’s 6pm CHINLEY COMMUNITY CHOIR Christmas Eve ‘Round the Crib’ Family Service - St James’ 2.30pm, Holy Communion - St James’ 11pm We meet every Monday during term time at the Christmas Day Family Celebration - St Mary’s 9.15am Scout Hut. 8-9.45pm. £10 per half term. Contact Mandy: 01663 751417 or [email protected] or CHINLEY CINEMA www.facebook.com/groups/chinleychoir/

As readers will know, this activity held every 2nd LINE-DANCING RESTARTING Sunday is run totally by volunteers and is self-funding. And already we are only just covering our costs. Sadly Fun and friendly Line Dancing classes for beginners and improvers are now WEEKLY, Wednesdays 1.30 - it has been brought to our notice that Cinema stock is 3.30 pm in the Community Centre. Please contact the disappearing on a regular basis, by people helping teacher Marjorie Jackson on 01298 22836 for more themselves, particularly to cans of coke. Please be details or just come along. respectful. This activity can’t be run on fresh air! Entry is £2.50 + 50p for tea and biscuits. October 2016 Page 2 of 4 Autumn/Winter 2016 issue CHINLEY, BUXWORTH & BROWNSIDE PARISH COUNCIL

BUXWORTH SCHOOL CHINLEY CRAFT CLUBS

A big welcome to all our new children, and to We have been crafting our Christmas projects on the Mrs Downings returning from maternity leave. first Tuesday of each month ready for our charity stall We have been hard at work over the summer and at December's Fair, but where has the year gone?! Class 1 now has an external door and toilets. It all We have also learnt some new skills including looks very bright and exciting, and the children and kumihimo beading and stumpwork and spent too staff love their new facilities. much money on our day trip to a mill shop. Do join our fun and friendly group in the Community Centre But there’s more! We are delighted to announce the on Tues. 2.00pm-4pm and Wed. 7pm-9pm. successful application for a Lottery Grant to be spent Please contact Linda on 01663 750448 or email on dramatic improvements to the playground. [email protected]

We are happy to say hard working staff, Mrs Nolan FRIENDS OF CHINLEY PARK and Miss Mellor, were awarded the Silver Quality Award by Derbyshire County Council, reflecting their We are very grateful to the Parish Council for funding hard work and high standards in our new and highly and organising the recent drainage work to remedy successful cooking kitchen. the increasingly waterlogged state of the meadow. This will mean fewer muddy hollows for hippos and We have an SOS TIMETABLE on the school website more wild flowers for our bees! (http://www.buxworthprimaryschool.org.uk/) and the noticeboard in school. Here you can offer help Please come and help at our monthly work parties on and know it will be very much appreciated! the 2nd Saturday at 10 a.m. every month (except Dec, Particularly needed are helpers on Thursday and Jan & Feb). We need you! Look out for our posters. Friday afternoons. Friday afternoon is for Design & Contact [email protected] Craft (Miss Crombleholme) and Forest Schools (please see Mrs Pattison). Helpers are also needed CHINLEY CHRISTMAS FAIR - SATURDAY 3rd DECEMBER for Arts Award Discover after school on Tuesdays. at the Community Centre 10 till 12 noon.

CHINLEY & BUXWORTH WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP If you would like to book a stall, please contact Linda on 01663 750448 or email [email protected] We meet fortnightly (except January) over a cup of tea (2nd and 4th Tuesdays) 7-45pm in the W.I. Hall. Our BLACKBROOK VALLEY ARTS meetings are informal and we often have an entertaining/ informative Speaker. We have another 2 new Live and Local shows booked for this season. On 18 March 2017- Peacock Angell The topics range from very funny to educational! Trio: Ruth Angell, who has worked with both Ashley Including, in November, “Elizabethan Cosmetics” – Hutchins and The Rainbow Chaser, provides an Maureen Taylor and “The Canal” – I & C evening of beautiful music influenced by the Folk, Jazz Hamilton, both with slides. A full list, covering the and classical traditions. Then, 29 April 2017 - Martin next 9 months, can be found in Chinley Launderette. Harley: A supremely talented Roots and Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter with a burgeoning WALKING FOR HEALTH, GOING STRONG! global reputation.

Chinley Every Step Counts led group, approx. 45 But, before that, there will also be an opportunity to minute walk around trails, roads and footpaths of start the Christmas celebrations with a Ceilidh, Chinley. Every Friday, meet at Tea on the Green at on 3rd December at the WI. Arrangements yet to be 1 pm and finish there too with a cup of tea! For more finalised, but it should be a great evening with information contact Linda on 01663 750448 or email fantastic musicians and lots of dancing – look out for [email protected] or visit the project website posters. https://www.walkingforhealth.org.uk/content/chinley For more information on all the events visit our -every-step-counts-group website www.blackbrookarts.org.uk

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CHINLEY BUXWORTH & BROWNSIDE COMMUNITY Other fund raising events are also planned over the ASSOCIATION autumn. As a community we will need to do our bit to raise funds locally as well.

Anyone interested in helping with fundraising, be it a sponsored walk or coffee morning, or a bigger event, please email [email protected] In April this year the community centre was transferred to the community from Derbyshire VERY FIRST OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS MARKET. County Council and a working group, of the RAISING FUNDS FOR THE NEW BUILDING Community Association and Parish Council, instructed an architect to draw up outline plans for the whole of Friday 25th November, Christmas will be coming early the Lower Lane site, including a new community to Chinley as its hosts its 1st Outdoor Market. centre, fit for the future needs of this growing Parish. It will be held at the Community Centre Grounds and Tennis Court on Lower Lane, Chinley 4pm to 9pm. Outline plans were met with an enthusiastic response this summer. Over 80% either agreed or strongly Already there are a wide selection of stalls booked agreed with the plans, with some great ideas for ranging from cosmetics, crafts, gifts and cards, to hot improvement based on people’s experiences of using food vendors and kiddie funfair rides. Henshalls the existing facilities. Consultation closed in August; Butchers will also be extending its opening hours so since then the working group, CA committee and that you can pre-order all of your festive goodies architects have been refining the plans in response to and, we've even heard that some of Santa's very the feedback. The next stage is to apply for a further special helpers will be making a visit! grant to pay for detailed plans, to enable the group to start applying for capital grants to build the new To book a pitch or for more information, contact Sally, community hall, improve the playground, multi-sport the Event Organiser on: 01663 751327 or 07969 court and parking, with something to offer for all ages 595042 Whatever the weather, the event WILL take and interests. place, so get ready to wrap up warm, welcome in the Festive Season and let us be the first to wish you all a Inside, the new community centre will have a larger very Merry Christmas kitchen, and two multi-purpose halls, thus more able to accommodate a wider range of activities and CB&B COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION DEFIBRILLATOR FUND functions for all ages. Purpose built changing rooms will open out onto the football pitches and floodlit The Community Association have now adopted and court level. The Parish Council will relocate their own all six decommissioned telephone boxes in our office, bringing welcome ongoing revenue to the area. Defibrillators have been installed outside Chinley Community Association. Post Office and Buxworth St James' Church and in Whitehough. Two informative and reassuring training Later in 2017, once detailed plans have been agreed, sessions were given by the Resuscitation Trainer from the long process of bids to Lottery funds can begin, the EMAS (ambulance service). All installations will be with the main bids taking at least 18 months to apply completed soon. for. A number of grants will have to come together to secure the total funding package for all aspects of the Massive thanks are due to everyone who has project. There is a high degree of confidence that the supported this potentially life saving project. Special project will succeed, given time, as there’s a strong thanks this time to Alex Bennett from Defib Store for community base to build on, with enthusiastic providing the defibs. and cabinets at cost, Kieran volunteers and groups who are ready to work with Smallbone for undertaking that monumental run and the team. Already people have started fundraising in James Hornby from EMAS. the form of a Crowdfunding page on Just Giving. See: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/chinleyco Editors Note: Any errors or omissions are unintentional; every effort is made to produce an accurate newsletter! To be included, mmunitycentre please contact either, Brenda Wise, Parish Clerk or myself, Liz Stillo ([email protected]).

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